Lighting device.



G. C. GOODER.

LIGHTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.21, 1913 &\\\\\\\\\\\\Y' I E: 1:3..i-

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outrun snares GEGRGE C. GOODEE, OF STANTON, MICHIGAN.

LIGHTING- DEVIGE.

Application filed February 21, R313.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that T, Grnonon C. Gooonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stanton, in the county of Montcalm, State of ltlichigan, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Lighting Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to lighting devices for lanterns, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which may be easily attached to a lantern, and is so constructed that matches may be positioned adjacent the lantern wick and ignited so as to light the lantern wick.

A further object oi the invention is to construct a device of this character in a manner so that one match at a time may be fed and ignited to light the lantern.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combinations and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the lantern showing the device attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view through the igniting tube. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 88 of Fig. 1. Fig. 41 is a similar view on line 4 '4: of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the lower end of the feed tube.

Referring-to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a lantern of the usual construction, the draft ring 2 thereof being provided with an opening 3, the purpose of which will appear later.

The device consists of a magazine 3', the same being provided with a removable closure 4: and a tapered bottom 5 which opens into the upper end of the feed tube 6. The lower end of the feed tube 6 is provided with spaced inclined bars 7 which support the igniting'tube 8, said igniting tube being inclined upwardly and extending through the opening 3 in the draft ring and having its end positioned at a point acent the lantern wick .9. The igniting tube is provided interior-1y with a striking surface 10. The

upper surface of the igniting tube is formed with a cutaway portion 11, said cutaway porfipecification of Letters liatent.

Serial No. 749,963.

tion being arranged at the major end of said tube. The lower end or the feed tube 6 is also provided with a cutaway portion 12, and as the bars 7 are inclined downwardly the cut-away portion 11 is positioned below the similar portion 12.

A match receptacle 13 is provided and has its upper end pivotally connected to the lower end of the feed tube. The receptacle has formed at its lower end a cup 1% which is engaged by the match stick previous to its engagement with the igniting tube 8.

The match receptacle 18 is normally held against the under edges of the bars 7, and at which time the cup 1 1 engages in the major end of the igniting tube 8. The leaf spring 15 has its upper end connected to the feed tube 6 and its lower end bearing against the match receptacle 1?), thus holding the same in yielding contact with the bars The device is connected to the lantern frame by clamps 16, said clamps being so formed as to embrace the lantern frame and feed tube (i.

In operation the magazine 3 is filled with matches with their heads up and fed to the tube 6 one at a time. When it is desired to light the lantern wick the match receptacle 13 is withdrawn from engagement with the bars 7 and a match drops into the receptacle with its lower end in the cup 14 and at which-time the upper end of the match passes through the space 12 and swings toward the tube 8, thus passing through the space 11 and being stopped by the tube 8, whereupon the receptacle 13 is moved inwardly during which time the headed end of the match engages the striking surface 10 and is ignited previous to its passage through the minor end of the tube, thus igniting the wick.

The match receptacle 13 has its pivotal connection with the feed tube 6 arranged in oil-set relation to the longitudinal axis thereof, thereby causing the match to swing so as to be in a position to be ignited upon operation of the match receptacle 18.,

What is claimed is 1. A lighting device for lanterns comprising a feed tube, a pair or" bars formed upon the lower end of the tube, an igniting tube supported by the bars and adapted to be positioned adjacent the lantern wick, a

match receptacle pivotally connected to the lower end of the feed tube, whereby when Patented Nov. 1 ll 9 r nected to the lower end of the feed tube and 1 adapted to receive a match therefrom when swung outwardly, whereby a match is adapted to swing from the cut-away portion in the feed tube to the cut-away p0rtion in the igniting tube so that when the 2G receptacle is forced inwardly the match will be ignited by the igniting tube.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE C. GOODER. Witnesses:

HENRY B. JOHNSON, CLYDE H. TROWBRIDGE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

